I. VEGETABLES.— Gramineje. 15 



of rum is diuretic, but it can scarcely be swallowed.—^, viola^ 

 ceum, C. violaceum. Roots esculent. 



13. TYPHACE.E. 



*BuRR REED, Sparganium^ S, ramosiim. Root given with wine 

 for the bites of the viper. 



♦Cats tail, Reed iimce, Tf/pha, T. palustris, T, latifolia. 

 Flowers mixed with hog's lard to cure burns. 



14. CYPERACE^. 

 *LoxG-BOOTED CYPERUS, English galangale, Cyperus longus ;— 



RouND-ROOTED i.YPERUS, C rotuiidus, C. odovatus. Roots 

 sweet-scented, heating, dose 3js to 3j, equal to the foreign aroma- 

 tics; when first ix)wdered the scent is weak, but by keeping it 

 becomes stronger. — CJiexastichos. Used for the true Cyperus 

 rotundus. 



Adrue, Cyperus articulatus. Root aromatic, stimulant, used 

 for Virginia snake-root : infusion good in vomiting and fluxes. 



Rush nut, Cyperus esculentus. Root eatable, and when roasted 

 makes good coftee. 



•Bull bush, HoloschcEnos, Scirpus lacustris. Seed astringent, 

 cmmenagogue, diuretic, hypnotic. 



♦Sea-sedge, Carex arcnaria ; — *Wood sedge, C. syhatica ; 

 — *Bastard Sarsaparilla, German sarsaparilla, Carex villosa; 

 — •C. hirtn ; — *C. disticha ; — *C. intermedia. Roots used for 

 sarsaparilla. 



15. GRAMINEiE. 



nutritive, the basis of bread ; and, in general, form the 

 nsual food of man, and several animals. They are almost 

 inivcrsally wholesome ; some few possess an aromatic quality ; the 

 >ran of most contains an acrid rosin, to get rid of which, the seeds 

 are husked, or pearled, by being steamed, dried, and ground in 

 mills for that purpose. The stems contain a saccharine juice. 



White whkat, SiVgOy Triticnm hyhemum ; — lied icheaty T, 



hybemum ; — CaUjigia^ T. hyhemum granis ruhescentibus ; — Bearded 



' //, Bird hlauc^ Brancr, T. a:stivum hyhemum^ T. aristatum 



mum : — Spring wheat, Gom, Froment de Mars, Bled rouge, 



irllo, T. mstivum ; — Cone wheat, T. turgidum, T. pyramidale ; 



, re gray v:heat. Gray pollard. Duck-hill wheat, T. turgidum ; — 



J jp/ptian wheat, Many-earrd wheat, T, compositum ; — Polish wheat, 



JJanlzic wheat. Forty days wheat. Two months' wheat, T.foliaxieum, 



T, Polonicum ; — Buent Barley, Saint Peter^s com, ^ca, Briza, 



Ifelta minor, Frumentum barhatum, T, monococcum ; — Spelt loheat, 

 ran farro. Far, Ador, Spclta major, Zea dicoccos, T. Spclta ; — 



